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The Road
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Ever wonder what a suspenseful science fiction/post-apocalyptic pulp novel would *look* like if written by a great author--say a James Joyce, William Faulkner, or Ernest Hemingway. "The Road" answers that question. This book was beautifully written, imagined, and incredibly suspenseful. It shook me to my core, and I have re-read it several times.
Some here have ignorantly characterized McCarthy as a "Hollywood" writer, but nothing could be further from the truth. McCarthy was the recipient of the prestigious Genius Grant and won a Pen/Faulkner award for his first novel. His early novels are Southern gothic-themed ruminations on the evil of man, aging, social change and our inability to comprehend personal tragedy. They are anything but "Hollywood". Harold Bloom, the foremost literary scholar alive today and Professor at Yale, has hailed McCarthy's "Blood Meridian" as the most important American novel of the second half of the 20th Century. He is truly one of the greats.
Anyway, read this book. Can't say it enough. It is amazing.
Some here have ignorantly characterized McCarthy as a "Hollywood" writer, but nothing could be further from the truth. McCarthy was the recipient of the prestigious Genius Grant and won a Pen/Faulkner award for his first novel. His early novels are Southern gothic-themed ruminations on the evil of man, aging, social change and our inability to comprehend personal tragedy. They are anything but "Hollywood". Harold Bloom, the foremost literary scholar alive today and Professor at Yale, has hailed McCarthy's "Blood Meridian" as the most important American novel of the second half of the 20th Century. He is truly one of the greats.
Anyway, read this book. Can't say it enough. It is amazing.
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Finished Reading
August 16, 2009
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